Rail Heritage WA Archive Photo Gallery

A picture tells a thousand words - and in historical research,
a picture may often show something for which no words have been written.

Rail Heritage WA has collected photographs and images over many years and these are available for research purposes thanks to the assistance of Lotterywest.
Please contact our archivist if you would like full size images or more information:

Most viewed

P00894323 viewsXA class 1405 "WARIENGA", Avon Valley line, ARHS tour train with "Great Southern Railway" on the headboard

P00919323 viewsMarshalling Yard, West Merredin looking west, under construction

P00929323 viewsM class loco, Northampton, GA line, side view.

P05815323 viewsV class 1220 departing Collie, BN line, with brakevan heading to Brunswick Junction to pick up the ARHS "Farewell to Steam" tour train

P06239323 viewsP class, Albany Express approaching Swan View having just exited the tunnel, ER line, Ron Turner in foreground

P06414323 viewsSignal box, signal, Fremantle Box A

P07285323 viewsXU class hopper, Car Shop, Midland Workshops, under construction

P12119323 viewsEx MRWA F class 40 with "MR" motif on the end of the long hood, down stock special, subway bridge, part of platform, Mount Lawley. ER line.

P03516323 viewsGB class open wagons in brand new condition, Railway Workshops, Midland.

P04011323 viewsAYL class 29 carriage, , lounge car, interior view, oval lounge with tables

P00297322 viewsCeremony for the launch of the Prospector railcar, East Perth Terminal, dignitary giving a speech. (ref: "News Letter", Vol 2, No.1. January 1972)

P00322322 viewsT class 167, side and front view

P00459322 viewsHorse and dray, station forecourt, Kalgoorlie, EGR line

P00873322 viewsBoiler Shop, south end, Midland Workshops, shop is empty

P09551322 viewsOriginal terminus of the Eastern Railway at Guildford, view shows the extension to Chidlow's Well curving away to the right to travel along Ellen street, now Johnson Street. Guildford Hotel seen in background